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Paleontology in Lebanon. The paleontological sites of Lebanon contain deposits of well preserved fossils and include some species found nowhere else. Notable among these is the Lebanese lagerstätten of the Late Cretaceous age, which contain a well-preserved variety of different fossils. Some fossils date back to the Jurassic period, and ...
Sahel Alma or Sahel Aalma is a Late Cretaceous paleontological site and Konservat-Lagerstätte in Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon. Located near the town of the same name, it documents well-preserved deepwater marine fossils dating to the late Santonian stage of the Cretaceous. It is often associated with the slightly older, similarly famous Sannine ...
Ksar Akil (also Ksar 'Akil or Ksar Aqil [3]) is an archeological site 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Beirut in Lebanon. It is located about 800 m (2,600 ft) west of Antelias spring on the north bank of the northern tributary of the Wadi Antelias. It is a large rock shelter below a steep limestone cliff.
The Byblos Fossil Museum (aka Memory of Time) is a museum in Byblos, Lebanon. This museum contains fossil collections [1] of sharks, eels, shrimps, squids, rays, coelacanthes and flying fish. It was opened in 1991 and is in the old souk of Byblos. Most of its collection comes from the nearby villages of Haqel-Byblos, Hjula, and Ennammoura.
Lebanese amber is fossilized resin found in Lebanon and its surroundings. It dates back approximately 130-125 million years to the Barremian of the Early Cretaceous. It formed on what was then the northern coast of Gondwana, believed to be a tropical or subtropical zone in a temperate or hot climate. [1] It is the oldest source of amber with a ...
Fossil of Libanopristis, a genus of ray known from Hjoula. Mimodactylus is known from the Sannine Formation in Hjoula, Lebanon, which is dated to the late Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous, about 95 million years ago. This age was determined via biostratigraphy, by comparing with fossils from localities elsewhere in the world whose dates ...
Lebanon portal; Pages in category "Fossils of Lebanon" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Website. www.mim.museum. mim museum, Université Saint-Joseph Campus of the Innovation and Sport at Beyrouth. The MIM is a private museum in Beirut, Lebanon. The name is an abbreviation of "Mineral Museum." [1] The museum displays more than 2,000 minerals, representing 450 different species from 70 countries, and is considered one of the most ...